Schools Unlikely Remain Closed in January, Says Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani

Sindh education minister, Saeed Ghani has said that the schools might remain closed in January. It is unlikely that schools would be allowed to resume classes from next month as earlier decided. “Keeping in view the ongoing second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, it is unlikely that education institutes would be reopened in January 2021,” said Ghani while addressing a press conference in Karachi on Wednesday. However, the provincial minister asserted that students would not be promoted without sitting for examinations this time. The annual examinations of matric and intermediate got canceled this year and the board officials had declared to promote the students based on the promotion policy.

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Last month, the federal government had announced that educational institutes will remain closed from November 26 to January 10. The students will study at home or get weekly homework till December 24 and winter vacations will start December 25. All examinations have been postponed except admission and recruitment tests. The schools were scheduled to reopen on January 11. According to the data showed by the health department, there was a rapid transmission of the COVID-19 in the educational institutes. So in order to protect the students, the government had announced to shut down the institutes. The examinations had also been postponed except for the few professional exams.